The Era of Hard Work

At the meeting of the First Sports Culture Company, Lu Dong was listening to Song Na and Yuan Baoshan's speeches, and basically did not express any opinions. The first sports flagship store on the fourth floor of Qiansheng Commercial Building is about to open, and the discussions at the meeting were basically related to this related affairs.

Thanks to Qiao Weiguo's great reputation, the publicity effect brought by continuous advertisements, and the strong traffic of Qiansheng Commercial Building, nearly 500 people have applied for membership cards before the official opening of the First Sports flagship store.

The situation is very good, Yuan Baoshan plans to transfer Qiao Weiguo to the flagship store to be responsible for teaching Sanda.

Like other fitness classes, First Club specializes in recruiting teachers from across the province.

Yuan Baoshan and Yang Min have connections in this area, so it's relatively easy to do.

In addition, Lu Dong supports Song Na's decision to suspend the opening of the third Quannan store. Even if the Quannan flagship store opens smoothly, First Sports will need time to settle down and make the liquidity more abundant.

For chain stores, especially this kind of chain stores with pre-recharged members, once the capital chain is broken, the consequences will be disastrous.

In the next few days, Song Na went on a business trip to Pingcheng and Linzi, and Lu Dong also traveled to Quannan and Qingzhao, mainly to promote the development of markets outside Quannan with Guangmei and Ginza.

In Pingcheng, thanks to Wei Yong's introduction and Lu Dong's intermediary contact, Guangmei and Ginza have finalized the first store in Pingcheng.

In Linzi, Guangmei and Lu's Catering took the lead in opening up the situation, and Ginza quickly followed up.

After nearly a year of cooperation, although the three companies will inevitably have conflicts, they have the same interests in most aspects, and the cooperation can be mutually beneficial, so they will naturally maintain close cooperation in a short period of time.

After all, Lu's Catering, which seems to be the weakest, provides convenience for the other two in terms of store location.

Wei's family has a very wide network of contacts, Wei Ping's words are not just talking, in the city of Dezhou, Wei Yong also helped to contact a suitable commercial building.

These days, even the most popular business districts cannot support units like department stores or supply and marketing buildings.

During this period, Lu Dong made a special trip to Beihe, and the three stores of Lu's Catering in Beihe County also officially opened for business.

Lu's Catering also established some connections with the local county through Fang Yan's relationship.

When she came back, Fang Yan called Lu Dong and said that she introduced someone to him.

Lu Dong advertised through the Evening News, and Fang Yan had a college classmate who was very interested in Lu Dong's company.

Early the next morning, Lu Dong met Fang Yan and another woman who came with him at the company.

"Lu Dong, this is Xu Qin, my classmate in college."

In the office, Fang Yan introduced both sides: "Xu Qin, this is Lu Dong, the general manager of Lu's Catering."

After a few pleasantries, Lu Dong invited people to sit casually. This Xu Qin was about the same age as Fang Yan, with short bleached and dyed hair, and a relatively ordinary person. If she was a few years younger, she would look like a tomboy.

Fang Yan said simply: "Xu Qin used to work in the provincial TV station, and was about to resign recently. I happened to see your recruitment advertisement from me."

Lu Dong followed the words: "It turns out that Sister Xu works in the provincial TV station."

Xu Qin said with a smile: "Hey, it's been a long time."

Fang Yan didn't plan to say more: "You talk, I'll go out and make a phone call."

Once my sister-in-law left, it was convenient to say something.

Lu Dong turned to the main topic: "Sister Xu, may I ask, why did you leave the provincial TV station?"

"The salary is low." Xu Qin was unambiguous, and did not give any high-level reasons: "The income is not directly proportional to the work I do. I work in the advertising department of the provincial TV station. My main job is to engage in outreach. It is normal to work overtime. But my salary income is average..."

Now that it was about salary, Lu Dong simply asked, "Can you tell me the exact figure?"

Xu Qin thought for a while and said, "On average, it's no more than a thousand a month. Another point is that at my age, it's difficult to get a promotion and a salary increase. I need to endure it. I can't bear it in my youth."

Lu Dong nodded slightly: "You have seen the job advertisement, the position here is mainly for public relations, publicity and advertising..."

Xu Qin took the initiative to answer: "I have worked in the provincial TV station for six years, during which I spent most of my time doing outreach. The people in the province have a very wide range of connections, from paper media to radio stations to TV stations. Talk to acquaintances, I have a lot of dealings with companies and the media, and the public unit has no personal connections, so it is at least twice as difficult to do things."

This is the truth, although Lu Dong didn't say anything, he recognized it.

Xu Qin continued: "In addition, because of work, I have seen too many corporate publicity and crisis public relations, and I am very familiar with some small-scale advertising companies in the province. I know who is suitable for shooting which type of advertisements. ..."

Then, Xu Qin said a long list of company names.

In the past six months, Lu's Catering has continuously increased its advertising efforts, and its cooperation with advertising has also increased. Lu Dong has heard many familiar names among them, and based on what he knows, there is no difference from what Xu Qin said.

Afterwards, Lu Dong asked some more questions. What Xu Qin said was clear and logical, and with Fang Yan's introduction on the phone, this Xu Qin was indeed a talent.

At least it's the kind that Lu's Catering needs.

Since Xu Qin wanted to get out of a senior TV station because of dissatisfaction with her income, she naturally wanted a high salary. At the stage where she has accumulated a lot of money, work is often a two-way choice.

After all, she hasn't resigned from the TV station yet, so at worst she will continue to stay in the TV station.

Lu Dong is not lying. Telling this kind of people that the platform is more important than money, and you can't look at money when looking for a job, it is all nonsense. Such words are used by unscrupulous companies to fool people who have just stepped into the society.

For a well-informed person like Xu Qin, it would be ridiculous to say such a thing.

This is a very important supervisory position, and it is very difficult for someone with a wide network of contacts. When Xu Qin asked about the salary, Lu Dong gave an annual salary of 40,000 yuan, plus benefits and bonuses.

Even in Quannan, this is a top salary.

Both sides have to consider comprehensively, and there is no way to give an answer on the spot.

After Xu Qin and Fang Yan left, after a while, Lu Dong called Fang Yan again to learn more about Xu Qin's situation.

According to Fang Yan, Xu Qin is definitely suitable for Lu Dong's position.

Lu Dong knew who Fang Yan was, and he wouldn't say good things for others just because of his classmates.

Before hanging up the phone, Fang Yan said something else: "My sister Fang Rong, do you still remember?"

"Fang Rong, why don't you remember?" Of course Lu Dong remembered that when Fang Yan got engaged, the little girl insisted on drinking with him, and when he went to Qihe to greet her, Uncle Qi even talked about five yuan.

Fang Yan said: "This year she took the college entrance examination, and tomorrow I will come to see the school with my classmates. I will be on a business trip in the afternoon. Your brother is busy these days and does not touch the ground. Do me a favor. I will leave the house key in your store then." , let her come and get it, she will stay here for two days."

Lu Dong said: "Okay, let me tell someone, you put it in the intersection shop." After all, it is a relative, so I asked one more question: "How is Fang Rong's college entrance examination?"

"It's so-so." Fang Yan said simply: "As soon as she signed up for the junior college course, she expanded her enrollment. If she didn't go to university, she was asked to repeat her studies for another year and she didn't want to repeat her studies, so she had to find a school that was at a low point."

Lu Dong then specifically called the Malatang shop at the crossing. When he went out in the afternoon, he thought that Fang Rong was considered a relative, so he went to the Juewei shop on the other side of the crossing to buy some snacks and put them in the shop. , and then let Fang Rong take it away with her.

Lu's Cooked Food Juewei University City flagship store has been open for nearly a year. With the rapid increase in the number of residents and students in the University City, it has repeatedly created single-store sales records for food companies in the past six months, with the highest monthly sales exceeding 250,000.

However, summer vacation is a standard off-season, and college students, the main customer group, are on vacation.

As soon as Lu Dong entered the store, Li Xia, the store manager, asked, "Dongzi, why are you free?"

"Sister Xiaoxia." Lu Dong walked into the shop, "I'm going to buy something."

They are all from Lujia Village, and Li Xia is not polite to Lu Dong: "You can choose what you want."

Lu Dong took a basket, ready to pick up some small bags of packaged food.

A person came down from the second floor. When he saw Lu Dong, he couldn't help saying hello: "Lu Dong."

Turning his head in search of sound, Lu Dong saw Liu Linlin wearing dark red overalls, and was a little surprised: "Are you here?"

Liu Linlin smiled shyly and explained, "I'm working as a summer job."

She came down with a big packing bag, ready to load.

Li Xia saw it, came over immediately, and said, "Your Dongzi's old classmate? Don't say it earlier, you talk first." She greeted the other two employees: "Come here and help."

After the people took the packing bag and left, Lu Dong whispered, "When did you come back?"

Liu Linlin didn't need to deliberately lower her voice, she never spoke loudly in front of Lu Dong: "It's been a while, I was thinking of calling you, but Wen Yue said that you went on a trip... Wen Yue didn't tell you?"

Lu Dong said: "I haven't seen Wen Yue for a long time. He went to the province on a business trip with the people in the factory."

Liu Linlin nodded slightly and asked, "Is your company here?"

Lu Dong pointed to the northwest: "It's at the Provincial University Innovation Port, you can go and have a look if you have time."

Liu Linlin responded, "Yes."

Lu Dong said again: "When Wen Yue comes back, ask him to contact his old classmates, and let's meet again."

Liu Linlin responded again: "Yes."

Lu Dong checked the time and said, "I'm going to do some shopping, and I have to go back later."

Liu Linlin asked, "What do you want? Can I get it for you?"

Lu Dong smiled: "No need, I know this place very well."

Liu Linlin realized that this was the property of the Lu family village. According to the people of the Lu family village, it was established by Lu Dong alone.

Seeing that Lu Dong paid for the things after shopping, waved her way and left the store, Liu Linlin went upstairs to tally the goods without saying a word.

Lu Dong went to the intersection store, handed over the things he bought to the store manager, and gave a few more instructions.

Fang Yan had already given Fang Rong his cell phone number, and Fang Rong would naturally call him if he couldn't find the place.

Returning to the company, passing by Wenxin Commercial, said hello and chatted with Dad Song who was going out, in the store in Erjiao in the north, Jiao Shougui probably heard his voice, and came out with a handheld phone.